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Dates: during 1980-1989
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City Councillor Alice K. Wolf said she was "not surprised that Harvard, an active developer, would decide" to try to prevent the zoning changes...
President: Reginald K. Brack...
Executives at K mart's Troy, Mich., headquarters are not complacent either. Though its sales have risen rapidly through the opening of new stores, profit margins have been tight. Says Art Eden, manager of a K mart in Sterling Heights, Mich.: "Every corner has a shopping center, and it's all your competition. They are up the street and down the street. If you just take a nap, you've lost it. It's as tough as I've ever seen." The company is looking for ways to lure customers into the stores. Some K marts have installed branches...
...billion. That surge lifted Wal-Mart to the No. 3 spot among retailers, ahead of J.C. Penney (1987 sales: $15.3 billion), Federated ($11.1 billion) and Dayton Hudson ($10.7 billion). In the past, Wal-Mart has concentrated on rural areas and not posed much of a threat to Sears, K mart or other established chains. But now Wal-Mart is expanding menacingly into several larger cities, including a few choice locations in K mart's home state of Michigan. At the same time, Wal-Mart has opened European-style hypermarkets in Garland, Texas, and Topeka, Kans. These gargantuan stores, covering some...
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